Smearing making Whiskey

[Joycy]

I built my bubbler with a ball valve at the bottom of the parrot so while making a neutral I could drain the parrot before each new to avoid smearing as much as possible. Just wondering what a peoples preferences regarding doing this making whiskey? Shouod i just let it ride or should I drain it before taking the next 300ml? Is smearing all part of getting your flavour in whiskey or should I try keep it as clean as possible in each jar?

[Doubleuj]

Smearing is no good for any drink, that’s why we make cuts. But I’ve tried emptying the parrot like you said on a few whiskey runs and saw no better results. I guess it’s down to the volume of your parrot, mines an fsd parrot and holds bugger all liquid with the alcometer in, maybe 100ml max.

[crow]

My parrot is separate from my still so I don't use it until I'm pretty sure I'm into hearts. I just don't care what my heads read but if it were plumbed in you can bet I would drain it.

[MaKa]

I usually run straight through the drain valve in the parrot. If I need an ABV measurement I close in the ball valve get my measurement and then drain it again. I do this to avoid smearing

[Joycy]

Cheers guys, I ended up making a batch just running through the parrot, but I will try it straight through the valve next time and see if it makes any difference.
Any of you running bubblers for whiskey?

[db1979]

My parrot is separate from my still so I don't use it until I'm pretty sure I'm into hearts. I just don't care what my heads read but if it were plumbed in you can bet I would drain it.

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[MaKa]

I'm using a bubbler but mostly for neutral. It's the same concept though, smearing is not spirit dependent